1913 July 19 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
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- 1913 July 19 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
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- Foreman W D Beattie
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- 1913
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1913 July 19 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1913
Grand Jury Meets to Indict Conley Call Is Issued After Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey Had Flatly Refused Request of Foreman. A call for the Fulton grand jury to meet at 10 o'clock Monday to take steps leading to the indictment of James Conley, the negro sweeper of the National Pencil factory who accuses Leo M. Frank, its superintendent, of the Mary Phagan murder was issued yesterday by Foreman W.D. Beattie after Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey had flatly refused the foreman's request to call the meeting. The move to indict Conley is wrong and should not be made, the solicitor told the grand jury foreman when discussing the matter with him and the call which went out was over the head of the state's legal representative in Fulton county. Smith Attacks Action […] representative of Conley declared in a statement which he issued Friday afternoon that the indictment of Conley would probably follow the meeting and he also attacked the members of the grand jury for their action in taking this move against the advice of the solicitor. Solicitor Dorsey issued the following statement in regard to the meeting. Its only purpose will be to exploit the evidence and embarrass the state and I hope